The Midweek Sun

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Next time you run out of bandages, know that you could reach for the cobwebs as an alternativ­e. Cobwebs actually have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, and were used in ancient Greece and Rome by physicians to make bandages. In traditiona­l European medicine as well, cobwebs were used on wounds and cuts. They supposedly speeded healing and reduced bleeding. Cobwebs are said to be rich in vitamin K, and thus may have antifibrin­olytic properties.

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